Abigail Hughes

Not the daughter of Edward Jackson & Martha Jackson, wife of Edward

Abigail Jackson

• BIRTH: 3 Jan 1765 - Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
• DEATH: 1 Jul 1842 (aged 77) - Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
• BURIAL: Seventh-Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia,

Birth

Abigail (Jackson) Hughes was born on January 3, 1765. Her birthplace is usually given as Dover, Morris County, New Jersey or Wilkes County, North Carolina her father was William Jackson.

Marriage

Lt. Jonathan Hughes and Abigail (Jackson) Hughes married on July 11, 1786 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Children

• Nancy Hughes
• Anderson Hughes
• Martin L Hughes
• Rachel Hughes
• Elizabeth Hughes
• Hannah Hughes
• Leah Hughes
• Stephen Jesse Hughes
• Martha Hughes
• Dudley Hughes
• William E Hughes (possible)

Seventh Day Baptist Church

Pg 127

• May 14, 1819 Abigail Hughes, wife of Johnathan Hughes, was received into the church
• May 15, 1819 the following were received into the church - Jonathan Hughes ...

Death

Abigail (Jackson) Hughes passed away on July 1, 1842 in Harrison, West Virginia. She was buried in the Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, Virginia (now West Virginia).

• "Sister Abigail, consort of Jonathan Hughes, departed this life on July 1, 1842."

Find A Grave

Abigail Jackson Hughes

• BIRTH 3 Jan 1765 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
• DEATH 1 Jul 1842 (aged 77) Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
• BURIAL Seventh-Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia

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w/o LT. Jonathan Hughes Married July 11, 1786 Wilkes Co. NC

Information: Marla (McConnell) James

UPDATE INFORMATION COURTESY OF : Jerald Gross

Jan 30 at 2:44 PM

Tome

Good afternoon. I am writing about your Find a Grave(Abigail Jackson Hughes) entry located at

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55441313

I am not sure if you were aware but her parents have been proved not to be Edward and Martha (Miller) Jackson.

Several possible birth locations are offered for Abigail Jackson (1) is Washington Co., PA and (2) Wilkes Co., NC. I have no proof records of either though the DAR accepts the Washington Co. PA location. I've also found the 1880 census of her 71 year old son Stephen which says his mother was born in Georgia. It is possible she was born in NJ as so many charts say; because her father William was born there. But I'm thinking most of those charts say NJ because we know that's where Edward's children were born and early researchers thought she was Edward's daughter. LATER: Also her daughter Martha says her mother was born in Georgia on the 1880 census. So this 1880 Georgia reference is a new area to look for William's marriage and birth of his children.

Conflicting info about Abigail being named Sarah Abigail and a dau of Edward Jackson of Harrison Co., VA has been refuted in the Conflicting Data section of the Jackson website: http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com

Marriage info was taken from image of the actual bond signed by William Jackson and Jonathan Hughes. The date is clearly 11 July 1786. The image is available in the Conflicting Data section of the above web site. (Here is that link: http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pages/conflictingSarahandAbig...)

In 1786 William Jackson signs marriage bond for Abigale Jackson to Jonathan Hughes. Jonathan was born in Harrison County (W)VA; he enlisted and served in various locations during the Revolutionary War and after the war, he became an itinerant schoolmaster. He went to Wilkes County, North Carolina in 1783 and married there in 1786 to Abigail Jackson. By 1808 Jonathan and Abigail moved to his home area of Harrison County, Virginia where several of their children were born, raised and married there. Jonathan and Abigail spent time in Ohio and Indiana and in 1835 went back to Harrison County "because I have children who settled there" per his pension application.

As mentioned on our link: http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pages/conflictingSarahandAbig... There are three pages that you should view. The DAR is already aware of this conflict. Edward who married Martha Jackson was never known as William. His brother is William.

Thanks,

Jerald Gross

Sources

• Marriage Bond - "US Genealogical Archives." Database. US Gen Web. : 2020.US Gen Web
• North Carolina. Wilkes County. 1762-1979. North Carolina State Archives, Divison of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
• Memorial -- Find A Grave
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Martin Hughes by SmartCopy: Sep 27 2015, 11:48:05 UTC
• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via Lieut Jonathan Hughes by SmartCopy: Dec 7 2015, 7:03:51 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55441313/abigail-hughes